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CONTENTS
Sunday Is Pentecost
Celebrating the Birth of the Church
This Sunday is Pentecost, the day when we celebrate the birth of the church and the giving of the Holy Spirit to the disciples of Jesus.
 
In the Jewish tradition, Pentecost (for "fifty" days after Passover) is a harvest festival of first fruits that also celebrates the giving of the Torah, or Hebrew law. Our liturgical color for the day, red, symbolizes the Pentecostal fire of the Holy Spirit, as described in the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles.

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fourConfirmation Sunday
Journeying in Faith with Our Youth
This Sunday, the 2018 class of confirmands will be confirmed and welcomed into membership during 11:00 a.m. worship. Each month on baptismal Sundays we renew our pledge to support the children and youth of the church; attending the confirmation service is one way to be present with and support them.

We hope you will join us for this service and ask that you keep these youth in prayer as they continue with us on their faith journey.
 
fiveThe Legacy We Have Been Given
Marking Dedication Commemoration Sunday
This Sunday is Dedication Commemoration Sunday at Fourth Presbyterian Church, declared by Pastor John Timothy Stone in 1914 to be observed on the third Sunday of each May.
 
One hundred and four years ago, on Sunday, May 10, 1914, the Fourth Church congregation worshiped in the Michigan Avenue Sanctuary for the first time, having moved from its smaller facility on Rush at Superior.
 
A series of dedicatory services were held the remainder of that week, and later that month, the new Sanctuary and Parish House buildings were host to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, including the assembly's communion service attended by more than 1,800 worshipers.
 
As we give thanks this weekend for a legacy given us by those who built this church, it is also a time when we remember that we too are caretakers of that legacy, charged with passing it on to those who follow. For information about including Fourth Church in your planned giving and estate plans, contact Katy Frey Bever (312.981.3380).
 
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sixSunday School on Break
Summer Session Begins June 3
With many of our families at Family Camp in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, this weekend, our Sunday School classes will not meet this Sunday or--due to Memorial Day weekend--next Sunday, May 27.
 
Children are invited to worship with their parents these Sundays--and any Sunday! Be sure to ask an usher for one of our family worship bulletins specially prepared each week for children attending the 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. services.
 
On Sunday, June 3 our Summer Sunday School session will begin, with classes offered at 9:30 a.m. only each Sunday. We look forward to children being with us in Sunday School and worship over the summer! 
 
Reception and Presentation This Sunday
If you have been by the Loggia this week, you will have seen the new exhibition, "Paradigm Shift," which features the work of Gerald Griffin and is sponsored by the Fourth Church Racial Equity Council.

This Sunday you will have opportunity to meet Mr. Griffin and hear him talk about this artwork when he joins us for an artist reception at 12:30 p.m. in Borwell Dining Room. 
 
Time:
   Sunday, May 20
   12:30 p.m.

Place:
   Borwell Dining Room
 
Run to Support Chicago Lights
Interested in running the Chicago Marathon this year--and doing so for a good cause?

A limited number of spots remain on the Chicago Lights Marathon Team--but the deadline to sign up for them is fast approaching: this Tuesday, May 22!

For more information or to join the team, contact Lauren Suppes (312.981.3383). 
   
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Honoring Graduates on Baccalaureate Sunday
If you or others you know have graduated or are graduating from eighth grade, high school, college, or a graduate or professional program in 2018, please let Rocky Supinger know!
 
Graduate names received by Monday, June 11 will appear in the bulletin on June 17, which is Baccalaureate Sunday.  
 
baroqueBaroque Meets Rainforest This Friday 
Choral Society Concert at 7:30 p.m.
This Friday, May 18, the Fourth Church Choral Society will be performing some of the Baroque works recently discovered and compiled by Piotr Nawrot--a discovery featured in last week's New York Times story on the "Jesuit Legacy in the Bolivian Jungle: A Love of Baroque Music."

Come enjoy a chance to hear some lost treasures!

A freewill offering will be received at the door.

Time:
     Friday, May 18
     7:30 p.m.

Place:
      Buchanan Chapel
 
worship Worship This Week
Day of Pentecost
May 20, 2018

8:00 a.m.
Communion
Judith L. Watt,
Associate Pastor

9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Confirmation at 11:00 a.m.
Reception of New Members at 11:00

Rocky Supinger,
Associate Pastor

4:00 p.m.
Jazz Service with Communion
Abbi Heimach-Snipes,
Pastoral Resident
 
Worship bulletins
for this coming Sunday are available online Friday afternoon at www.fourthchurch.org/worship/this-week.html
 
"News and Opportunities"
is the weekly printed newsletter distributed with the Sunday bulletin and is available online Friday afternoon at  www.fourthchurch.org/news/2018/052018no.pdf

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passages Passages
Deaths
Helen R. Beiser
Died March 19, 2018

 

Charles Nay
Died May 10, 2018 
Plans are being made for a memorial service. 

 

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Music and Concerts at Fourth Church
All concerts are free unless otherwise noted.

Friday, May 18
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Michelle Wynton, violin
William Cernota, cello
Thomas Zeman, piano

7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Fourth Church Choral Society
Baroque Music from the Bolivian Rainforest

Friday, May 25
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
John W. W. Sherer, organist

Tuesday, May 29 
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Chicago Ensemble
Music by Beethoven, Brahms 
Tickets available at www.thechicagoensemble.org or the door  

Friday, June 1

12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Black Tulip (voice, recorder, viola da gamba)

Friday, June 8
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Mio Nakamura, piano

 
A complete concert schedule is available online. 
 
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volunteer Volunteer at Fourth Church
There are several ways to get involved in the mission and ministry of Fourth Church. See below for details!

Current Volunteer Needs  
Ushers for memorial services and special events at the church

Ushers
for the 8:00 a.m. and for the 11:00 a.m. usher teams

Coffee Hour hospitality greeters for a rotating schedule of no more than one Sunday a month

Chicago Lights Summer Day volunteers, weekdays between June 25 and August 2

Shower Ministry greeters (men) for rotating Tuesday schedule (1:15-4:00 p.m.)
 

Current Donation Needs
Men's clothing (all sizes) for guests of the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center


Unless otherwise noted, to sign up for volunteer opportunities or to learn more about them--as well as additional volunteer opportunities--stop by Coffee Hour on Sunday morning or email Robert Crouch, Director of Volunteer Ministry.